Exploring actor and partner correlates of sexual satisfaction among married couples

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 725-738

  Yucel, Deniz ^a   Gassanov, Margaret A ^b  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor effects; Couples; Dyadic data; Infidelity; Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction; Marital satisfaction; Marriage; Partner effects; Pornography; Sexual satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955560845     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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